The Last Lighthouse in Rising Seas, forced migration and poetry

A poetry reading and dialogue between Ambrose Musiyiwa a poet and journalist, who founded Forced Migration and The Arts, a global network that brings together people with lived experience of forced migration, artists, academics, activists and art spaces, and co-edits the Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series, and Helen Moore, a Bristol-based ecopoet, whose latest collection, The Last Lighthouse in Rising Seas (Palewell Press, 2026), bears witness to the links between forced migration and the climate / ecological crises.

The event will include a Q&A with the audience.

Ticket sales will support Ambrose’s work with Forced Migration and the Arts and the Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series.

There will also be a book stall and the opportunity to buy signed copies of The Last Lighthouse in Rising Seas.

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Ambrose Musiyiwa is a poet and journalist with a background in the intersection between activism, migration, and community action. He coordinates Journeys in Translation, an international, volunteer-driven initiative that is translating Over Land, Over Sea: Poems for those seeking refuge (Five Leaves Publications, 2015) into other languages. He is also on the editorial board of the Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series.

https://forcedmigrationandthearts.blogspot.com/

Dr Helen Moore is a pioneering British ecopoet, socially engaged artist, writer and scholar. She has published three internationally acclaimed ecopoetry collections, and her fourth, The Last Lighthouse in Rising Seas, is forthcoming from Palewell Press in May 2026. Helen curates ECOPOETIKON, an online showcase of global ecopoetries, and teaches at two British universities. She is currently working on a climate memoir about wild Atlantic Salmons.

www.helenmoorepoet.com

Instagram: @helenmooreecopoet

This event is free for anybody seeking sanctuary, please call our office on 01179262987 or email events@bristolfolkhouse.co.uk for your free ticket.